UVB induces a genome-wide acting negative regulatory mechanism that operates at the level of transcription initiation in human cells.

Faithful transcription of DNA is constantly threatened by different endogenous and environmental genotoxic effects. Transcription coupled repair (TCR) has been described to stop transcription and quickly remove DNA lesions from the transcribed strand of active genes, permitting rapid resumption of b...

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Main Authors: Akos Gyenis, David Umlauf, Zsuzsanna Ujfaludi, Imre Boros, Tao Ye, Làszlò Tora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4109906?pdf=render